Nice Guy Gets the Girl

OH MY GOD people, aren't you all tired of reading these mangas where the jackass gets the girl? Speaking as a girl, I can honestly say that I far prefer the nice guys - even if they aren't "darkly handsome" and "haunted" and even if they don't possess that certain Twilight chic. *gag*

I just don't get why all these otherwise decent manga heroines have horrible tastes... At least pick the right guy, d'oh. Reading a lot of manga romances makes me feel like I'm watching a horror movie in which the heroine is doing something really stupid like opening a door behind which a serial killer is waiting and I scream at her: "DON'T OPEN THAT DOOR!" ... But of course she opens it anyway. @_@

Lol, okay, maybe it isn't that bad. Sorry for ranting. But I just read a bunch of mangas that are actually quite good in terms of art and story-telling, but when the heroine is given a romantic choice, she somehow ends up choosing this really wrong guy, who is:

I mean, WHY? These guys are the infamous RED FLAGGERS, girls. We've all heard about them. Girls' magazines warn you away from them, even though girls' magazines aren't normally founts of wisdom.

>_>;

I don't understand why the heroines choose bad guys, especially when in these mangas there is some romantic competition from a guy who is actually decent, morally grounded, reasonable, responsible, goodhearted, emotionally decisive, devoted and loyal. (Not necessarily flawless - no one's flawless - but at least not a Red Flag Guy.)

So I want to read a manga in which there is some kind of romantic competition between the Badass Mofo and the Nice Guy, AND THE NICE GUY WINS. <3

Even better if the heroine starts off with the wrong guy, but then realizes that she deserves better and chooses the Nice Guy in the end.

Any recommendations?

Oh and no ecchi, plz. Sexual content is okay in the manga but it shouldn't be the point and it shouldn't have an ecchi sensibility, if that makes any sense.

Edit: Actually I'm so desperate to see the Nice Guy win that I'll even read yaoi/BL romances where the Nice Guy gets the, er... other guy. JUST SOMEONE LET THE NICE GUY WIN, PLEASE. ;_;

@ranmaru and TheRandomChocolate, thanks! Mind giving a brief idea of how these mangas fit? (Even in spoiler quotes...) Because I was under the impression that Reaching You at least didn't have romantic competition... Then again I'm only at the first volume lol. *blush*

@Baesooky, thanks also for Itadakimasu. I actually think that Cappuccino qualifies though since...

Spoiler (highlight to view)

... at the end she gives up on the bad guy and decides to go out with a decent co-worker (not the ex's best friend who you're talking about). I wish the mangaka had written another volume just focusing on this new relationship, but anyway, at least there's a happy ending. :)

Also curious to see whether there are some shounen/seinen romances where the Nice Guy wins.

Edit: And BL recommendations of the Nice Guy winning! Here are some...

A Place for Half a Rent - main char leaves his cheating ex-boyfriend and chooses a decent and devoted new lover. <3

Jounetsu no Young Man - again, main char chooses the loving devoted puppy-type over the arrogant man that once deserted him and tries to take him back.

Yume no Kodomo - the ex is EVIL here seriously and tries to continue the relationship, but after a long battle the sweet guy finally wins.

Kind-of-qualifying...

Ano Hi no Kimi wo Dakishimeta nara - not so much a competition as a rescue, lol. The guy is saved from an abusive relationship by his childhood friend who becomes his new lover. The friend was a bit of an idiot in taking so long to realize that a rescue was necessary though...

Doushitemo Furetakunai - not overt competition again but I think the abusive ex tries to restart the relationship at one point but the new, loving partner stops that from happening.

I haven't really spoiled any of these mangas since they're in the "Nice Guy Wins" thread, so that should make the ending pretty obvious already. Lol.

Sorry, I just found that comment so charming that I had to respond to it. Thanks for your suggestions, Odette! Thanks as well to omimon, cliff, eternaltorture (that's one heck of a username!), MapleSyrup (hopefully your recs will be as tasty as your handle) and arche.

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